Hella Rothwell, Broker Owner REALTOR®

Tomorrow will be a long day for me. I promised my client to do the final walk-through on the home that she is purchasing on the Big Island of Hawaii. Closing is in about a week.That's one of the services that I provide for my clients who can't be there themselves, clients who live on the mainland...

Even with previewing a luxury condo this morning first thing on New Year's Day, I made it to the Waikiki Yacht Club to climb on board my cousin's motor boat, the "Nauty Gal" to head out. Seems that there is a major party at the club on this day for members, followed by a motorboat race to Diamond...

Just saw that this contest inspired by Karen Fiedler is now sanctioned by Bob Stewart and is worth 1,000 points if completed by Sunday, January 3. Being a points hound, I need to come up with my top 10 moments of 2015, and keep it pretty honest. There have been so many, so these are the ones that...

When an offer comes in, the first one is often the best one. No, that does not necessarily mean that the AMOUNT in the offer is the best one, but you have a buyer in hand willing to buy your home. Negotiate it!Let's face it, when you have your home for sale, you want it to be sold as fast as poss...

Wish I could say that I had done anything really memorable for humanity this past month. But I can't, unless I made a contribution of some sort that is big in the life of someone I dealt with this month. Sure, I tried to be especially nice to people whom I came across who were not going to be wit...

Here it is Monday morning, the day after the week filled with Christmas celebrations of all kind, and the phone is "ringing off the hook" - or it would if it still had a hook!Not that clients waited until today to call me. It already started on Saturday. And yesterday, Sunday, I previewed a coupl...

I always love to hear these words from my clients and those who call who want to become my clients. That tells me we will get along well, that we have things in common.Same thing this morning, a couple called who are interested in property that I personally like. Yes, that makes it easier because...

Many many moons ago when I was 12 years old and my family had just immigrated to Canada, times were pretty tough for my parents. You can imagine, finding jobs in a country whose language you did not know, three children to house and feed. However, I do not remember it as a gloomy time because we ...

As many of you know, I am staying with my family including daughter and grandsons over Christmas here in Hawaii. When I arrived, the tree had already been trimmed with a lot of ornaments, ornaments collected over the lives of my grandsons who are now 9 and 7. Each ornament is very special to them...

This past week was pretty busy on the Big Island of Hawaii looking for a home for Elizabeth, my buyer client. It took us three days of traversing the "sunny" Kona side of the island, from the Painted Church down south at Honokohau to the Kohala Coast area. But we did it! She found her perfect hom...